User`s guide

D-2 Installing Windows Server 2008
Updating System
If you modified the Windows system, execute "Update the system" in the Autorun Menu.
Installing on the Mirrored Volume
When re-installing the OS to a hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk, only the simple dynamic volume is
available for installation.
If you want to install the OS on a volume that is mirrored using [Disk Management], invalidate the mirroring and reset to the
basic disk before the installation, and validate the mirroring again after the installation.
You can create, invalidate, or delete the mirror volume by using [Disk Management] in [Computer Management].
Mounting MO Device
Do not mount an MO device on your server during the Windows installation.
About Removable Media
Do not set removable media, such as DAT, into the device mounted on your server during the OS installation.
Floppy Disk Drive
The internal floppy disk drive is not included in your system at the standard configuration. Prepare the optional USB floppy
disk drive if necessary.
About the System Partition Size
The system partition size can be calculated from the following formula.
When the system is Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition:
Required partition size =
size required to install OS + paging file size + dump file size + application size
Size required to install OS = 11,600MB (Full Installation)
or
= 4,100MB (Server Core Installation)
Paging file size (recommended) = Installed memory size x 1.5
Dump file size = Installed memory size + 300MB
Application size = Required size
IMPORTANT:
 The above-mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information
(memory dump). The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the
boot drive is required.
Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage
when the paging file is insufficient, so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire
system.
 Regardless of the size of the mounted memory, or the Write debugging information (type of
memory dump), the maximum size of the dump file is 'The size of the mounted memory +
300MB'.
 If you install any application program or the like, add necessary space to the partition to install
these programs.